Construction of buildings



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W. M. MYERS. GONSTRUGTION of BUILDINGS.

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WILLIAM M. MYERS, OF HANNIBAL, MISSOURI.

CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION To of/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. MYERS, of Hannibal, in the county of Marion and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Buildings, of which the following is a speci -amount when building in the ordinary man-A ner, and to approximately the cost of an ordin'ary frame building.

The invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a building wall, as will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims,- reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a wall constructed in accordance with -my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same on the line 2 2 Fig. l. Fig.3 is asimilar view of a wall of double thickness constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig-4: is a detail plan view of a slightly1nodilied form of double wall and Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a bridge arch constructed in accordance with my invention.

In the practical construction of a building, upon the ground, or a suitably arranged fou ndation A, is laid a single course of brick B, joined lengthwise, whereby to form a wall four inches thick. Upon this brick course is laid a coat of cement mortar C, upon which is laid a strip of wood D which is preferably the length of the wall although it may be made of sections, and upon such wood is laid cement C, and then brick again. This wood strip, before it is placed in position, may be saturated with creosote or carbolinium to preserve it and kill the germs in it; and such strip where a single course of brick is used is two inches thick and four inches wide (same dimensions as brick). These strips and the corner bricks are laid with ends alternately as shown in Fig. l, whereby to the more securely bind the corners of the wall together.

It will be noticed, by reference to Fig. 2, the wall is formed by the alternate wood and forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,062, dated October 3, 1893. Application filed June 12, 1893. Serial No. 477.303.. (No model.)

brick layers, cemented together, the wood strips D being, however, laid with their front edges d set back from the front edges of the bricks, such distance in practice being one inch, whereby the inner edge will project over the bricks as at 1d. Bythus laying the wood strips, continuous recesses are formed in the front of the wall, which are iilled with cement E. This cement serves a double purpose, rst, it protects the wood strips from the weather, secondly, when colored to imitate stone or slate, it can be pointed off to represent a course of stone between each course of brick, thereby giving a very neat finish to the outside of the wall.

It is manifest, that when building, the outer edges of the cement may be separated slightly from the brick by moving the trowel along the edge of the brick giving the cement a delicate bevel at its joining edges with the brick. By marking off the cement every eighteen or twenty inches will give the appearance of sections of stone.

To the inner projecting edges d of the strips D are nailed the laths F on which is laid the plaster in the usual manner. By thus projecting the inner edges of the strips D and nailing the laths tl1ereto,air spaces G are formed between the brick and plaster, which eifectually prevents dampness on the plaster.

When building very high walls the Wood strips may be twelve-or fourteen inches wide, and supported on two rows of bricks one at each edge as shown in Fig. 3, and in such case the outer edge d is set back on the outer brick course to provide f for the cement channels, while its inner edge CZ preferably extends viush with the inner face cf such brick course,

as the air spaces G, are in this construction between the outer and'inner courses of brick.

In the construction of double walls for very high buildings the walls of which would be subject to great lateral strain, I construct them with what I term binders which are employed at each tenth or fifteenth course such binders being in the nature of transverse wooden strips D of a length equal the thickness of the wall, it being understood that in such cases however the outer edges of the said strips set back to receive` the cement lling as clearly shown in Fig. 4. I further strengthen IOO such wall as an additional means for keeping out dampness from the plaster. Wood strips of asize to fit the space between the brick walls and the wood beams are employed which may be spiked to the intermediate wooden strip D if desired. As a means of holding the cement filling to the wood strips in case such strips shrink, headed nailsX are driven in the strips which are covered up by the cement, but serve as tie members to hold the cement to the strips.

It is obvious when building a wall in the manner described, lintels may be dispensed with as the timbers B are suiicient to hold up the brick over openings; door frames and window frames may also be omitted as the openings can be cased up and the parting strips or sash guides nailed to the casing. Joists can be laid on the projecting edges d of the strips D.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a bridge or other arch and wall constructed in accordance with my invention. In this construction, I em ploy a double wall, which may be of the thickness of three, four, or more, bricks. By reference to such figure it will be noticed that, where also 'oe noticed that the ends of the wood strips DX stop short of the end of the preceding brick course, and leave a ledge on which are laid a course of three single bricks Z laid side by side, and to project over the lower brick, such bricks Z, closing up as it were, the ends of the wood section DX. The succeeding alternately brick and wood course are then laid in the manner clearly understood from Fig. 5, until the last or abutting brick row is laid, over which is laid the wood strips in the space between the meeting ends of which is laid a lling of cement. Staples are secured to such upper strips, at suitable distances say every eight or ten inches which extend up as shown. A course of brick is then laid, between which is laid a filling of cement which serves to prevent the water soaking down into the lower wood strips, and over such brick course vand cement filling is `laid a binder or wood floor which has holes metal tie rod which serves to securely bind and key the several parts together.

It will be understood that in a construction as above described the outer edges of the wood sections set back from the edges of the brick, to form grooves in whichthe cement filling is placed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A Wall composed of courses of brick laid longitudinally, wooden strips disposed between each course of brick, and mortarcourses between the faces of such strips and the brick, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A building wall composed ot single `courses of brick laid longitudinally, intermediate wood strips, mortar joints between the strips and brick courses, said brick courses and Wood strips arranged to alternately abut at the corners or meeting ends of the side and end sections of the wall, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. A bnildingwall consisting of single brick courses laid longitudinally, wooden stri ps held between such courses cementing material between such strips and brick, said strips projected at their inner edge beyond the inner face of the brick portions whereby to form abutinents to which to apply the laths and plaster and to provide air spaces between such plaster and the wall substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. A building wall comprising alternate courses of brick and wood strips, ot" same width, connected by intermediate cement layers, said strips having their outer edges set back from the outer face of the brick, and a cement filling in the spaces thus left between the courses ot' the brick substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. A wall composed of courses of brick, wooden strips disposed between such courses, having their outer edge set back from the outer edge of the brick courses, such edges having headed projections, and cement tilling between the spaces formed between the brick courses and the outer edge ofthe wooden strips, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

WILLIAM M. MYERS.

Witnesses:

FRED G. DIETERICH, SoLoN C. KEMON.

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